The poem!

Here it is! The poem that will be the basis for our piece of music! The title will either be Our Words, Our Music, Our Voices or Our Music, Our Voices. On the recommendation of a few choir members today I added "it is yours, it is ours" to the end of the poem. The members of the Concert Choir I spoke to felt it more accurately represented them and what was expressed in the questionnaire answers. Please continue to share your thoughts with me! This is your piece and the more you tell me and each other the more it will be an expression of you.

Music makes my heart swell up with joy.
It makes me smile,
laugh,
cry,
scream,
it always makes me feel something.
It is the cause of virtually all the stress in my life;
it is also the cure.
It will always be there to forgive.
It gives me a voice,
a power,
a strength.
It is the language of the human soul,
it is mine,
it is yours,
it is ours.